Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 547 · 40 questions

Artist's tip (White up, black down): Tint = colour + white (lighter): pink, sky blue, light green, lilac, pale yellow. Shade = colour + black (darker): maroon, navy blue, dark green, bottle green, dark purple. Tone = colour + grey. Mixing a tint, start with white and add colour a little at a time; a row from white to black is a value scale.

1. 1.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) bottle green (d) light blue
5. 5.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) light green
11. 11.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
13. 13.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
14. 14.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
17. 17.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) light blue
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) navy blue
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) navy blue (d) sky blue
23. 23.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
27. 27.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
29. 29.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) navy blue
33. 33.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) light blue
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
35. 35.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink

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